Ice-cream cone and package containing same.



A. McLAREN ICE CREAM GONE AND PACKAGE aemAlNlNG SAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2| 1919.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY ALEXANDER MCLAREN, 0F' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ICE-CREA1VI GONE AND PACKAGE CONTAINING SAME.

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Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

Original application filed October 14, 1916, Serial No. 125,688. Dividedand this application filed May 2, 1919. Serial No. 294,199.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MCLAREN, a citizen of the United States,formerly residing at Dayton, Chio, but at present residing at Chicago,in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Ice-Cream Cone and Package Containing Same, of which thefollowing is a specification. j

The present invention relates to improvements in pastry receptaclessuoli as are employed to dispense ice cream and similar commodities andare commonly known as ice cream cones. It is the custom to ship sucharticles in cases or cartons containing a series of cones in nestedrelation. The handling and jarring incident to transportation, acts tocause the cones to become more closely nested so that a close contact isestablished between the side walls of adjacent cones. In this manner,the cones become so closely related that each one above the lowest inthe package acts as a wedge on the one immediately below and surroundingit, which wedging action is so strong that a considerable percentage ofthe cones are split and broken.

The particular object of the present invention is to produce a cone withmeans whereby the wedging action between the members of a series ofnested cones will be prevented and by which the loss and wasteheretofore incident in making shipment of such articles will be avoided.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cone of suchconstruction and a cooperating carton for the same so related to thecones that the cone will be self-sustaining in the carton in positionwith its axis coincident with the axis of the cone, thus doing away withlateral or turning movement of the cone in the carton and enabling theusualpoint holder to be dispensed with.

In its more subordinate nature, the invention includes those novelfeatures of construction, and arrangement of parts all of which will befirst fully described, and then be specifically pointed out in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, -inwhich:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of a carton andanumber of nested cones contained within the same, one of the conesbeing shown in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the carton, the cones beingshown all in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detail view similar to Fig. 2, parts being broken away,showing how the cones will maintain the axial alinement with the cartonwithout the employment of a point holder.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a slight modification.

In the drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all of the figures, 1 represents the body of the cone and 2 thecollar or neck portion thereof while 2. indicates' an annular bead,shoulder or other similar projection arranged at such a distance fromthe mouth of the cone that when the cones are nested, as shown in thedrawing, the body portions of the cones will be out of pressure contactone with another so that one cone cannot be projected into another conefar enough to cause a wedging action. In the preferred' constructionofthe article, the projection 3,. which forms the shoulder to rest onthe adjacent cone beneath, has an annular bead of a diametersubstantially the same as the diameter of the mouth edge of the conewhereby when the cones are nested together and placed within the carton#l (which lits around the cones, z'. e., contacts the same) there willbe two places of contact 5 between the wall of the carton 4 and the conenamely, where the mouth edge of the cone engages the carton wall wherethe bead or projection 3 engages the carton wall. Since the carton ismade to fit the stick of cones, it will be readily seen by reference toFig. 3 even when the package is laid down on its side the cones willmaintain axial alinement with the package and not tend to tilt with thepoint vout of axial alinement, thus there will be no contact whateverbetween the body portions of adjacent cones,but, on the contrary, aspace will be left between the same, (see of the drawing that` Fig. l)which incloses air and thus aids in keeping the cones dry. Furthermore,the preventing of the contact between the body portions of adjacent conewalls, or prevention of the wedging action serves to keep the cones fromchaing one another during siipment and by the construction illustratedno movement of the cones in the carton can occur.

llVhile a point holder 7 of the usual type (see dotted lines Fig. l) maybe used in'connec-tion with t-he carton as an additional safe-guard, yetwith the construction shown, the same is unnecessary.

In F ig. 4 is shown 'a Slight modification in which the 4bead 3 is notof the full diameter of the mouth of the cone but-the mouth of the coneis increased in thickness as at (3, whereby its internal diameter willbe lessened corresponding to the lessening of the dia-n'ieter of thebead 3 so that the bead 3 will rest on the thickened mouth edge 6 ofcontact since, in alinement with this placeof contact between the twocones, the next cone below engages the carton. Hence the samenon-tilting effect is produced with the construct-ion shown in Fig. l asis produced in the form shown jn Fig. l, with this exception that thelowermost cone will probably require the use of a point holder 7 tomaintain it in alinement.

So far as this application contains matter in common with the formof theinvention shown in Figs. 3 and -l in my application Serial No. 1:25688,filed October ll, '1916, the present application constitutes a divisionof J(hat application.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection' with theaccompanying drawing, it is thought that the complete construction ofthe cone, and the coperative relation be tween the cone and the cartonand between adjacent cones of a nested series (known as a stick7 ofcones) will be clear to those skilled in the art.

Vhat I claim s:- f

1. A hollow cone having a body portion, a collar portion and an annularbead at the junction of the collar and body portions, the

location of the bead from the mouth of the cone being such that when twocones are l nested together theA body portion of the inner cone will bespaced from the inner wall of the outer cone, the external diameters ofthe bead and of the mouth or rim edge of the cone being substantiallyequal whereby the cone, when fit-ted into a surrounding carton, will beself-sustaining with its axis substantially coincident with that of thecarton.

2. A package comprising a stick of cones, each cone having :an osetportion forming a shoulder, the shoulder being located such distancefrom the mouth of the cone that an inner cone will not engage the innerwall of the next outer cone, and a carton in which the nested cones arecontained, the wall ot' the carton fitting the cones whereby the conesare held in axialalinement and against lateral movement.

3. A package comprising a stick of cones, eac-h cone having an offsetportion' forming a shoulder, the shoulder being located such distancefrom the mouth of the cone that an inner cone will be free fromengagement with the inner wall of the next outer cone and a surroundingcarton for receiving said stick of cones and closelyA embracing theshoulder and mouth thereofl whereby the cones' will be sustained in thecarton in axial alinement with one another and with the carton,substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a hollow pastry cone having anannular bead located at such distance from the mouth of the cone thatwhen the cones are nested together the `body portion of an inner conewill be 'held from engaging the Wall of the adjacent outer cone withpressure and adhesive contact, whereby to prevent wedging or stickingaction between-the walls of successive cones when nested together,substantially as shown and described.

ALEXANDER MCLAREN.

